They're wonderfully odd-looking, with muffs, a beard, feathered feet and five toes. Salmon Faverolles are the most commonly available variety. Hens are beautiful, with snowy breasts and fluffy white faces: their backs are a lovely honeyed salmon color with white lacing. Roosters are huge and magnificent, parading around with a virtual rainbow of colors: iridescent black where the hens are white, burnished with bronze on their backs and wings, while their hackles and saddles the color of pale straw. Faverolles roosters are particularly calm and dignified, and make great roosters for the home flock since they are not as aggressive as some others. The hens lay medium-sized light brown or creamy eggs in prolific numbers, and they are good winter layers, too. They are shy and sweet-natured, but so docile that they tend to find themselves at the bottom of the pecking order in a mixed flock.

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I purchased five Salmon Favorelle hens two months ago. They are about five months old now. They are so cute and they follow me around the barn while I'm filling up waterers and feeders. I have a wide variety of chicken breeds, but these chickens take the prize for the most inquisitive, easy-going eye-candy in the yard. They have not started laying yet, but I'm hoping to have some eggs during the winter.

Too soon to tell if I am going to like this breed. I have what is supposed to be an almost 2 week old chick but her development looks more to be 2 - 3 weeks. She is huge compared to my other chicks from the same group. I was wondering if this is normal for the breed? As a chick she loves to watch over the other chicks and lets them snuggle up to her. If this is a sign of things to come (broody etc.) she is already being a "Mama hen." Here is a picture of her as a "week old" - she is the large one in the back.

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The bantam Blue Salmon Faveroles that I raised exclusively years ago, are still my all time favorite personality & appearance. Many of mine came out of my incubators from the main adults I acquired here & there, they were rare. I enjoyed trying to help keep that heritage breed become more known & popular. They were so friendly; docile & sweet; interactive; softly talked & cooed a lot; & cuddled like adorable kittens. I miss them, even though my current flock is fantastic. Even a few of these in a flock is fun.

It sure doesn't look like it has feathered feet. All Faverolles have 5 toes. Does that chick? Agreeing with allosaurus on this. Though I don't think Faverolles deserve a poor rating based on your one chick that sure doesn't seem like a faverolle and isn't a bad chick.

I have to agree with @Shawneegyrl . Hatchery birds barely resemble the true breed they claim to be, and their temperament is usually sour. I had a Salmon hen from a local breeder a couple years ago and some eggs from the same breeder in the incubator now.

Personality wise, they are at the bottom of the pecking order due to their natural submissiveness. For this reason they don't do well in a mixed flock. They can be quite easily handled by even young children without much fuss. They are very social, and can brood. They don't make the greatest of mothers (in a mixed flock). The hen is so submissive that the chicks will be harassed by the other birds. Also their large size can lead to chicks being stepped on and crushed. In a closed/protected setting they can make very devoted mothers, never letting the chicks out of their site. I had a young hen who hadn't even started laying yet adopt and successfully raise three rambunctious ducklings as her own. This same hen in a later hatch sat on and crushed one of her own chicks.

Every bird is an individual. So, while you can get "duds" from a breeder. You have a better chance at getting quality birds from a breeder rather than a hatchery.

they can be sexed by feather color by about 7-10 days. Unfortunately, hatchery birds often do not exhibit the traits a bird that is produced by a breeder do. Hatchery birds are chosen for production and vigor. I find that my hatchery birds may meet the minimum standard for the breed but often do not show many qualities that that breed are known for in terms of temperment and feather quality. My hatchery birds are not friendly overall but are good layers. My purebreds from breeders have the "attitude" and physical traits I would expect